CVE-2025-12891

Survey Maker <= 5.1.9.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure

Published: Nov 13, 2025Updated: Nov 14, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-862

5.3MEDIUM

Description

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ays_survey_show_results' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view all survey submissions.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

ays-pro

commercial

Survey MakerOn-premWeb App

Web & CMS Plugins

Exploitability

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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3394078/survey-maker/tags/5.1.9.5/admin/class-survey-maker-admin.php?old=3389474&old_path=survey-maker%2Ftags%2F5.1.9.4%2Fadmin%2Fclass-survey-maker-admin.php

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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/835353e7-871d-4daf-9ed4-86321daf2366?source=cve

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